Stump-burner.



wil-.ml w. Porri, er TYL'EBTOWN, xlssissirrx.

To all who-m 'it may concern:-

Be it'linown that I, WInLiAM' il. Porn, a citizen of the United States, residin atI '1`ylei'towii,in the county of Pike and btatc o'f Mississippi, have invented ii new and useful Stuinp-Burner, of which the following provide a s cication.

lliceis the object of tlie present invention to provide` an improved construction of stunip burning furnace and more particularly to rprovide one which may be readily transported from place to place in knock-down condition and set up in proper position with rcs iect to a stump of any ordinary size.

he invention furtheraiins to provide a stump burning furnace so constructed and adapted for disposal against a stump as to burn the stiim below its upper end and. near the gronn y It is a further object of the invention to a stiim burning furnace which :nay he dispose against a stunip in such vmanner as to completely surround `the Same and further to provide for a com lete cir.

culation of air or draft around tie stunip whereb the stump will be coinlpletely sur# iii the furcircuinfercncc.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one forni of the stump burning furnace in position for use. Fig. 2 is a etail perspective View of the sniokebox and draft flue of the furnace shown in Fi 1. Fig. Bris a view similar to Fig. 5.. showing the lire-box of the furnace Big. 4 is a perspective view of one of the sections constituting the fire-box extensior Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the fire-box door. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing a slightly modified forni of section. Fig. '7 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a slightiiiodilieation in the structure` of the furnace, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the form of furnace shown in Fig. ,7 vViewed from another direction.

In the drawings, the s tump is indicated by the reference character A and as heretofore stated, the stump burning furnace which is adapted for disposal against a stump, is made of a ilurality of sections which e re to be disposed against the stump and properly ositioiied one with respectV to the other to orni the complete furnace, and of the seetions, the fire-box is shown inFi'g. 3 of the drawings iis comprising a -top 10 and'de- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

Animation med Apni s, i909. semi No. nasse.

pending sides 11, the said tire-box being open at its bottoni and at that end which is adapted for disposal against a stump, the edge of the top 1t) at this end being cut away in a curve as at l2v whereby to lit snug against the stump to be burned und the side walls l1 of the iii'cbox at the said end bein f under-cut as at. 13A for a purpose which wil presently be explained. At its opposite end,

which is shown specific-.illy in Fig. 5 of the drawings as being of box-like structure, including side walls 14, a top wall 15, a bottoni wall 1G, and end walls 1T, the said door being, as will be readily understood, of boxlikc structure and beingr hinged at one end within the said end ot' the lire-box and of a size to close the said end thereof when swung to proper position. A handle is provided at the outer end of the door and is indicated by the numeral 18. lt is preferable, iii practice, :that this lire-box door be filled with earth so that it will be non-coiuluctive of heat and will not be liable to burn through as will be the case if foi-ined of sheet metal.

As heretofore stated, te provide for a` are provided, in combination with the firebox, iniilt i-scct ion .extensions or cont inuations thereof and the sections forming these continuations are indicated each by the nunieral 19 and are shown specifically in Figs. 1. and 4 of the drawings, they being iii the nature of transversely convex plates wider at their lower endsthan at their upper ends and formed each adjacent its upper end edge with an opening 20 in which is engaged the lower hooked end of a supporting rod or Wire 21 the upper end o f this wire being also hooked and engaged with a supporting nail 22 which is to be driven into the stump prior to asseinblinor the furnace.

ings, the sections 19 are disposed against the stum in a series one overlapping the other and y reason of the manner of dis .iosal of the sections, they may be so assemb ed as to surround an irre yular stump, as will be readily understoo 1t will further lie understood that by undercutting the end edges of the side walls of the lire-box, a complete circulation is provided for.

ln addition to the sections of the furnace vheretofore described, there is provided a smoke-box having a top 23, an end wall 24,

the lire-box is provided willi a hinged door more complete burning of the stump, there As is clear-'ily shown in Fig. 1 of the drawand sidewalls 25, these side walls and the top wall being cnt. away as in the rase of the corresponding wall of the fire-:bore A smoke-pipa or draft-flue 26 rejects npwardly from the top wall 23 o the smokebox just described and after all of the several sections heretofore sembled in the relation stated,clay or soil is packed over the completed furnace as shown in dotted lines in Figs. l and 7 coveringall ertions thereof with the exception of 'the re-box door and the u er end of the smoke-flue 26. It is desira le at tintes to provide additional drafts and when this is to be done, there is dug in the surface of the ground in a direction substantially radially from the stump, a trough 27 which is. throughout a portion of its extent covered by s. cover section Q8 over which the clay or soil is packed, the innerfend of this eo\er section projecting beneath one or more of the Sections 19.

From the foregoing description of the invention it lwill be understood tliatl'the tirebox and its continnations comprised ot' the sections 13, is to he stuffed with fuel and that the fuel is to be ignited within the firebox andthe door thereof left open for at least a short period of tii'nc to permit of a draft entering through the door. nronnd'heneath the 'extension 1S) to each side of the fire-box, and ont through the smoke-box and smoke-tine 26, it being observed that in this manner a draft is formed entirely around the stump and as a consequence all of the fuel will be thoroughly ignited and tne stump will be completely burned lt is sometimes pre erable, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, to forni each of the .sections 19 at its upper edge with an apertnred enr 29 instcat of l'orniing the opening 20, located inwardly of the upper edge ot' tho members.

ln the form of the invention shown in Fi 7 and 8 of the drawings, there is provii ed a furnace consisting solely ot' n tirehox having' an upper wall 30 and depending Side walls 3l, also a Short end wall 3L located at that end ofthe fire-box which is dispos-ed against the stump to be burned. the top all :lo being cut away in a. curve as in the case of the corres onding wall ol' the lire-bm in the forni oft e .invention shown in Fig. l ol the drawings and being disposed with its said cutaway edge against the stump, there bring preferably secured upon the sl uanpvby nailing or otherwise, at the point of engagielncnt ol' the said edge. therewith, a lato 33 f which preteulsthc thune `from the nrning' 60 fuel within the lire-box .un'i ing the. -tu|np t described have. been asv shore. the tire-box. In this form of the invention. there is also provided a smoke-flac. 34 similar to the smoke-fine :2tandb projecting. as in the case of the stnoke-iine 2t, upwardly from the top wall 3() of' the fire-box. It is to be understood that when this forni of re-box is employed, a hole will be burned in the stump and the tire will ent down into the stump.

' 1. ln a stump burner, a fire-box haring an open side adapted 'to be placed against a stump. the fire-box being of less height than the stump and having an outlet. for the. products of combustion, the said outlet being located adjacent to the open side of the tire lmX.

2. ln a stump burner, a tire-box having! :in open side adapted to be placed against a stump and to partly surround the saine, the tiresbox being of less height than the stump, aufA a smoke-box adapted to connnunicate with the firebox, and having also an open side adapted to bc disposed against the stump.

3. ln a st ump burner, a multi-section firebox having an open side adapted to he laced against a stump, the. fire-box being of ess height than the sttnnp and having an outlet for the products of combustion, the outlet being located adjacent to the open side of the fire box.

4l. In a stump burner, a tire-boxhaving an open side adapted to he placed against a stninp. the tire-box being of less height than the stump, sections adapted for disposal also against. the stump whereby to forni acontin-V unt it-.n ot the lire-box between the sides thereof avound the stump, and a smoke-flue rc moved from the tire-box as regards position.

5. ln a sttunpburner, a tire-box haring nn open side adapted for disposal against a stump, the tire-box being of less height than the stump. a plurality of sections adapted also for disposal against the stump and to Aiorin therenrimnd a continuation of the firehox. a smoke-box in connonnication with the titles atl'orded by said section and having an open sido aanptt-l also for disposal against the stump, and a smoke-tine leading from the said smoke-lam, thc smoke-box being re- '.not ed from the lire-box as regards position.

in testimony that l claim the foregoing as my otro. l have. hereto ntlixed my signature in'thc presence of tno Witnesses.

l lllLl M lV. l'PE.

\\'itnesscs:

t". W. Sinner. 'li'. W. ll. Mous-n. 

